Aboriginal Peoples survey, 2006 : Inuit health and social conditions

The region with the largest Inuit population was Nunavut, home to 24,635 Inuit who accounted for about one-half of the total Inuit population in Canada. [...] Children in the Inuvialuit Region and Inuit children living outside Inuit Nunaat were the most likely to have received dental care in the past year (79% and 77%). [...] Table 4.4 Inuit language and Inuit teachers in the last year of elementary or high school, Inuit population aged 15 and over, 2006 Had an Inuk* teacher in Were taught Inuit Teacher taught in Inuit last year of elementary language in last year of language in last year of. [...] The following makes reference to the importance of country food to the Inuvialuit, Inuit of the Western Arctic: “Consuming country foods is important to Inuvialuit identity, and the culmination of a series of cooperative activities – harvesting, processing, distributing and preparing – that require behaving in ways that emphasize Inuvialuit values of cooperation, sharing and generosity” (Inuvialui [...] Inuit children in Inuit Nunaat were much more likely than Inuit children outside the region to eat country food this often (59% versus 12%E), likely due in part to the difficulty of accessing country foods outside of Inuit communities.